These Companies Have Cut Ties With the NRA

The National Rifle Association has responded with strong words, calling the renunciations "cowardice."

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Feb 28, 2018

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U.S. companies that have partnered with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer discounts to its members have begun to distance themselves from the gun lobbying group after the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting.

Big names such as Delta Airlines and Best Western — a full list is below — have spent the last week announcing through social media that they were cutting ties with the NRA, which "advocates for gun rights," and eliminating any perks for customers who are members.

Delta is reaching out to the NRA to let them know we will be ending their contract for discounted rates through our group travel program. We will be requesting that the NRA remove our information from their website.

In response, many NRA supporters are threatening to boycott these brands in return, but others are saying that, once these benefits are no longer part of the deal, the major benefit of being an NRA member is gone.

The Association has pushed back aggressively, calling the departure of its corporate partners a "shameful display of political and civic cowardice."

"Let it be absolutely clear. The loss of a discount will neither scare nor distract one single NRA member from our mission to stand and defend the individual freedoms that have always made America the greatest nation in the world," the group said in a statement, according to USA Today.

While many major companies are backing away, there are still some retaining their NRA partnerships. FedEx, for example, which offers NRA members a discount on domestic and international shipping, said that while it doesn't agree with the NRA's stance on assault weapons, it will continue to offer these cheaper rates. "FedEx has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their politics, beliefs, or positions on issues," the company has stated. The shipping company also clarified that it doesn't provide any donation or sponsorship to the NRA, according to The Huffington Post.

People are now also calling on companies such as Amazon, Google, and Apple to remove NRA streaming channels from their sites. "The NRA is a group that's rotten to the core and a company like Amazon should not be spreading their message. Not anymore," a Changed.org petition says.

So how else should we pressure @FedEx to end their relationship with the NRA? Same question for Amazon also I've been trying to cancel my prime membership along with everyone else that doesn't want to support @NRATV how should we go about that? @amazon

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